This paper explores the financial characteristics of successful Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

This paper investigates the financial characteristics of new small firms. The analysis develops a representative, small-firm financial profile and evaluates the extent to which the proportionate use of different instruments and sources is correlated with industry-level and firm-specific...

Ce document porte sur les caracteristiques financieres des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) canadiennes prosperes.

Le present document decrit les constatations tirees d'un programme de recherche visant a souligner l'importance des competences qui decoulent des investissements dans l'actif incorporel pour le processus de croissance des entreprises. Le programme comportait deux parties. Premierement, des bases...

This paper summarizes the findings of a research program aimed at outlining the importance to the firm growth process of competencies that arise from investments in intangible assets. The program has consisted of two parts. First, longitudinal databases have provided a rich set of studies on...

Le present document resume les resultats de plusieurs etudes de recherche menees par la Division de l'analyse microeconomique de Statistique Canada qui portent sur les repercussions de l'utilisation de technologies de pointe sur le rendement des entreprises. Ces etudes s'appuient a la fois sur...

This paper summarizes the results of several research studies conducted by the Micro-economic Analysis Division of Statistics Canada that investigate the impact of advanced technology use on business performance. These studies combine establishment-level survey data on advanced technology...